Subject: English Language Arts (1), or Social Studies (1 - 2) Title: All-American Diva, Ruby BridgesDescription: In this lesson, students will discover the impact Ruby Bridges made in history when she became the first black child to attend a white school. Your students will be sure to fall in love with the story Ruby has to tell and how this child's courage changed life in the United States.
This is a College- and Career-Ready Standards showcase lesson plan.Subject: English Language Arts (1), or Mathematics (K - 1), or Science (1), or Technology Education (K - 2) Title: Leo Lionni’s Little Blue and Little YellowDescription: Students will use Leo Lionni’s literature and his website to learn about the author, mix primary colors, summarize and rewrite a story, and use graphing skills to determine the classes’ favorite color.

Subject: English Language Arts (1), or Technology Education (K - 2) Title: Getting to Know YouDescription: The students will go on an in-school scavenger hunt to get to know the many kinds of people that make up an elementary school community. They will work in small groups and use digital cameras to take pictures of the workers they find. By completing the scavenger hunt, the students will gain a better understanding of how we are all dependent on one another in a small community.

Subject: Character Education (K - 12), or English Language Arts (1 - 2), or Social Studies (K - 2) Title: President's Day for Special Education/Early ElementaryDescription: This lesson helps special education/early elementary students learn about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and discuss how each demonstrated the character trait of honesty.

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Descriptive Writing and the 100th Day of SchoolAdd BookmarkDescription: Students write descriptions of 100th day bottles they create at home, write clues about their bottles for a guessing game, practice descriptive writing, and create a class book.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: K,1,2

Subject: Language Arts,Social StudiesTitle: Tell a Migration Story...With InterviewsAdd BookmarkDescription: In this Xpeditions student activity, students become reporters for the local newspaper and conduct interviews with someone who has migrated to their community. After they finish their interviews, students share what they have learned about their interviewees experiences, memories, and feelings about coming to live in their new community.Thinkfinity Partner: National Geographic EducationGrade Span: K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Collaborative Stories 2: RevisingAdd BookmarkDescription: Using a collaborative story written by students, the teacher leads a shared-revising activity to help students consider content when revising, with students participating in the marking of text revisions.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: K,1,2

Subject: Language ArtsTitle: Teaching Audience Through Interactive WritingAdd BookmarkDescription: Through interactive writing, students work together and then independently to create invitation letters for a group of their peers and their families.Thinkfinity Partner: ReadWriteThinkGrade Span: K,1,2